Chapter 22 Behind the safe passage
"How is it, have you thought of something?" In front of the steps leading to the deck in the cabin, Vivian, who had finished recording, looked up at Pannis' frowning eyebrows with some anxiety, and asked in a low voice: "It has something to do with me?"
"No, it has nothing to do with you, don't think about it." Panis shook his head and said, "I hope I guessed it wrong, otherwise I'd really discovered something very troublesome. Huh, it seems that I'm going to inform them of this news again."
"Can we help?" asked Vivian: "Our current strength is enough to fight side by side with you. In this case, there is no need to hide it from us if there is any difficulty."
"Let's go back to the room later and then talk in detail." Panis scratched his head: "Now let's go up first, I have some things to confirm. By the way, I didn't say what happened just now to anyone before."
"Don't worry, I still understand this." Vivian suddenly stared into Pannis' eyes and said, "On the contrary, you, Pannis, are you, Lina, sister and Freya hiding something from me? And it's about me? Although you don't say it, don't forget my ability. Your mood has long been betrayed you. Something is definitely wrong with you recently."
"In many cases, even if you know something, it is better to pretend not to know for the sake of others' good intentions." Panis shrew mysteriously, took off the soft hat on Vivian's head, and rubbed her hair hard: "At this time, the best way is to wait patiently with expectations. Do you think this is the reason, this mage lady who can see through people's hearts."
"You really hate it." Vivian shook her head dissatisfiedly and shook Panis's hand to do evil, and knocked her staff heavily on Panis's calves. While Panis hugged her legs in pain, she raised her head and hummed softly. But the corner of her raised mouth still betrayed her mood: "Then I will wait patiently with expectation, thank you."
He circled up the steps and soon returned to the deck. Catherine and the other two had already gathered together and whispered around the table with Maggie. He didn't know what he was saying. And River, who was almost a sign of the deck, did not lie on his own special recliner, but stood not far away. He was talking to an old man who looked in his sixties and seventies. The old man was very old, but he stood on the deck as straight as a javelin, his black dress was meticulously tidied, his gray hair was combed neatly, and his fullness in his expression even surpassed many young people.
"Who is that?" asked Penis, walking to Catherine, "looks like a big man."
"Have you done your business?" Catherine did not ask in detail. She said casually and replied: "That's the captain, the captain of the Jeff."
"Ah?" Penis and Vivian showed a surprised expression at the same time: "Isn't the captain River?"
"Of course not." Catherine said angrily: "The captain is responsible for sailing, and River is responsible for security. These are two systems, Maggie mentioned it before."
"Uh. Okay, I don't remember at all." Panis smirked twice, nodded to the captain and River who were not far away, and asked in a low voice: "The captain has been in the control room before, why did he suddenly come up? What are they talking about?"
"I don't know." Catherine shook her head and said, "It should be a sailing matter."
"Every time I sail here, the captain will come up to the deck." Maggie whispered, "so it's not strange."
"Well, is it because... crossing the Rinfeng Pass?" Panis looked at the mountains and canyons that were getting closer and closer, and said to himself: "There will be some dangers when crossing the pass."
"That's right." The old but loud voice sounded, and the captain and River had already come over. The old captain's eyes were still full of spirit and confidence. He looked directly into Pannis' eyes and said, "There will definitely be dangers to cross the canyon, so some crew members and I came here specifically to prevent dangers. This is our duty. Please don't worry, every crew member will defend his duty with his life."
Panis did not speak, bowed silently. In the captain's eyes, Panis only saw firmness. For an old man who was ready to hold on to his duties with his life, Panis could only silently offer his respect. Behind Panis, the four girls also stood up to salute together, with no banter on their expressions.
"Hahaha." The old man smiled heroically. He was not as good as his age as he looked on: "You don't have to do this, but I'm actually selfish. I've been a captain on the Jeff since the beginning. It's been more than ten years now. In my eyes, Jeff is like I'm watching a child I've grown up. I don't want to see her suffer any damage. Of course, I have to try my best to protect her, even if I sacrifice my life, I have to protect her safety. So you don't have to look at me like that, I'm not as noble as you think."
"Ha." The few people chuckled. No one took the captain's modesty seriously, or no one took the captain's words seriously. Panis did not bother with this question, but pointed to the rock in front of him and asked, "Is it possible to hit the mountain wall when passing through?"
"Well, this possibility is not ruled out. Young men, lower the alum." With the captain's loud shout, the giant sail on the mast slowly descended, and the wind magic stopped quickly. Not long after, the floating ship stopped moving forward and floated in place and did not move. The captain continued: "But this is not the main problem. After all, this aspect was considered during the design, so some magic devices were specially set up as buffers. As long as it did not hit the front, it would be fine if it simply hit the mountain wall."
"Well, what are the dangers you mean by Captain?" Penis asked.
"Propulsion start." The captain shouted and replied again: "One is falling rocks. There are often peeling stones falling from the top of the mountain. If it is a large rock, due to the strong impact force, the protective shield on the top of the airboat will be difficult to completely offset the impact force. Maybe it will smash the deck and hurt the passengers. At this time, Mr. River needs to help break the large rocks. The other is the monster on the edge of the mountain. When passing through the canyon, it is only 10 or 20 meters away from the peaks on both sides, and some bounce force is good or
The monsters that can glide in the short distance can easily jump onto the boat, so there are about twenty low-level professions on the boat. Although the level is relatively low, they are basically enough to hold the side of the boat. If a monster appears, it can prevent them from boarding the boat. Last point, as I said just now, as long as you don’t hit the mountain wall head-on, it will be fine, but you have to go through this pass three turns, and there will be many turbulences during the more than kilometer. If you are not careful, you will hit the mountain wall, so I need to personally feel the direction of the wind to control the direction of the boat.”
"It's very hard." Catherine nodded: "Then what can we do?"
"No need to help, everyone has been doing it for ten years, and it's as familiar as eating and drinking water." The captain saw the floating ship under his command, and the propulsion array behind began to operate. Dozens of superimposed wind-attribute arrays were activated together. Strong wind blew out of the cavity at the stern of the floating ship, pushing the hull forward slowly. Seeing these, the captain nodded with satisfaction and pointed to the direction of the bow: "A few legendary masters, are you interested in visiting the process of crossing the canyon with me?"
"Honored." Catherine responded to the captain's invitation with a knight's gift: "We are very interested in this."
In the direction of the bow of the ship, there is a very high platform, which is installed on it. The control device needed to travel through complex terrain. Usually, everyone is forbidden, and only the captain and River are qualified to board. At this time, they were invited by the captain. Maggie also quietly followed Catherine and pretended to be natural to board the platform. There was a table-like console fixed in the middle of the platform. The table was made of metal, with a magic array engraved on it. The inside of the magic array was the plan of the Jeff. Around the magic array, more than thirty compass rotating in the same direction were trying to show their existence. The captain set a piece of gold crystal next to the table as energy, and then pressed his palm on the aerial view, and the magic array around the aerial view immediately lit up.
"The compass around are all weather vanes, representing the wind directions of different positions and heights. I want to control the direction based on these weather vanes." The captain's expression became serious: "Now from now on, I will focus on controlling the airboat. Please try to keep quiet."
Catherine raised her thumb and made an understanding move. The captain then bent down and stared at the rotating weather vane in front of her. Beside the captain, River also pulled out the bow, with feather arrows on the bowstring, raised her head and searched nervously in the air, ready to deal with the falling rocks falling from the sky at any time.
The floating boat slowly advanced and entered the canyon group composed of column-shaped peaks little by little. The distance of 10 to 20 meters sounds quite far, but the girls now know that sometimes 10 to 20 meters is not that far. Looking left and right on this platform, I feel that the mountain walls on both sides are very close to the side of the ship, and if you are not careful, you may collide with the hull. However, the captain's hand is very stable, and the floating boat is moving straight along the center line of the mountain walls on both sides.
The floating ship was passing through the pillars, with strange rocks everywhere on the mountain walls on both sides. Many small animals emerged from the mountain walls and curiously looked at the huge creature in front of them. Soon, the compass on the console began to be confused and rotated in different directions. The captain's hand was still pressing steadily in the center of the magic circle. Under his control, the floating ship was shaking slightly, but the direction did not change at all, just like a small boat passing through the waves, no matter how big the waves were, it could not overturn it.
Not only did the people on the platform dare not speak, but even breathed lightly. In this case, no one wanted to interfere with the captain. Everyone intuitively understood the danger of crossing this strange barrier.
As if it followed people's wishes, along the way, there were no large rockfalls or invading monsters. Everything went very smoothly. A kilometer distance passed quickly. The Jeff float boat finally crossed this natural danger without any danger.
"Hu." The captain wiped his slightly wet forehead and waved his hand at the bow of the boat: "Rise the sail and pass smoothly."
"Oh." Cheers immediately sounded around the deck, and the sails quickly rose to the top.
Chapter completed!